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  • ANTELIAS: HH Aram I arrives in Rome for G8 Prep Meeting

    PRESS RELEASE
    Catholicosate of Cilicia
    Communication and Information Department
    Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
    Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
    Fax: (04) 419724
    E- mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon

    "WITHOUT THE CONTRIBUTION OF RELIGIONS, POLITICAL,
    ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL APPROACHES WILL NOT RESOLVE THE CURRENT CRISIS"

    States Aram I to President Giorgio Napolitano of Italy

    His Holiness Aram I arrived in Rome on Tuesday 16 June and was met at the
    airport by his hosts, a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    and the Ambassador of Lebanon to Italy. Around one hundred religious leaders
    or their representatives were invited to attend the G8 Preparatory Meeting.
    Before the official opening, the participants paid a courtesy visit to the
    President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano. His Holiness Aram I greeted
    the President on behalf of the participants and said that without involving
    religions, political, economic and social approaches will not solve the
    current economic crisis. In his response, the President described the
    forthcoming G8 meeting as crucial for the future of the world.

    The G8 Preparatory Meeting of Religious Leaders was held at the Ministry of
    Foreign Affairs in Rome. Speaking as a Christian religious leader to the
    Opening Plenary, His Holiness welcomed this initiative and urged all
    religions to work together in overcoming the current economic crisis and its
    repercussions on people and the environment. After his address,
    representatives of Islam, Judaism and Buddhism took the floor.

    At the end of the meeting, the participants will issue a statement
    addressing the government ministers of the G8 Summit.

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    View the photos here:
    http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/v04/doc/Pho tos/Photos387.htm
    *****
    The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
    the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
    the mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
    the Catholicosate, http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org The Cilician
    Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
    Antelias, Lebanon.
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